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Westmeath Independent Polls

Please see below for all current polls on the Westmeath Independent website. If you have already voted on any of our polls you may not be able to vote again.

POLL: Will there be a general election in 2010?

Poll ended 2nd March, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Who knows? But there should be

    9.1%

  • 2. No. This government will last its term

    9.1%

  • 3. Yes. The wheels are falling off

    45.5%

  • 4. I wouldn't vote anyway

    36.4%

POLL: Can Westmeath footballers turn the corner?

Poll ended 22nd February, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. What? It's early days yet. Steady on.

    28.6%

  • 2. The glory days are a long way away

    7.1%

  • 3. Not unless the big names return

    14.3%

  • 4. Have you no more important issues?

    50.0%

POLL: Is enough being done to tackle unemployment?

Poll ended 15th February, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Yes - it's a recession don't forget

    0.0%

  • 2. No - people are being left on a scrapheap

    66.7%

  • 3. Where's my passport and one-way ticket

    16.7%

  • 4. Social welfare payments are too high

    16.7%

POLL: Is Athlone a dirty old town?

Poll ended 8th February, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. No more than anywhere else

    8.3%

  • 2. Yes - We should be ashamed

    75.0%

  • 3. No - By Irish standards, it's clean

    16.7%

POLL: Should there be a public inquiry into the banking crisis?

Poll ended 26th January, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Only if you want more rich solicitors

    6.3%

  • 2. Yes - Somebody needs to take the blame

    68.8%

  • 3. No - Spend the money on hospitals instead

    25.0%

POLL: What do you think of Tuesday's public sector strike?

Poll ended 24th November, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. It's time people stood up for themselves

    26.7%

  • 2. Do these people live in the real world?

    66.7%

  • 3. I can see both sides of the argument

    6.7%

POLL: How big a threat is swine flu?

Poll ended 17th November, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. A serious problem for the nation's health

    55.6%

  • 2. Not as bad as it's made out

    33.3%

  • 3. I don't trust the HSE to deal with it

    11.1%

POLL: Are the unions correct in opposing forced pay cuts in the public service?

Poll ended 10th November, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. Yes - public servants aren't to blame

    91.3%

  • 2. No - we all need to take the pain

    5.2%

  • 3. The unions are part of the problem

    3.5%

POLL: Should the drink-driving limit be reduced further?

Poll ended 3rd November, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. Yes - if it saves one life it's worth it

    71.4%

  • 2. No - rural Ireland needs to be protected

    28.6%

  • 3. Enforcement won't be resourced anyway

    0%

POLL: Should HSE CEO Brendan Drumm accept a €70,000 bonus for 2007?

Poll ended 26th October, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. Yes, things were good then

    0.0%

  • 2. No, our health service is in crisis

    100.0%

  • 3. Doesn't matter what I think

    0%

POLL: At 16k each a year, are our town councillors worth it?

Poll ended 12th May, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. Yes

    13.5%

  • 2. No

    68.8%

  • 3. Some are

    17.7%

POLL: What do you think of our new-look website?

Poll ended 12th May, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. I like it!

    75.1%

  • 2. Preferred the old one

    15.9%

  • 3. What new look website?

    9.1%

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